James A. Michener Quotes

Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

Always in life bad times will lead to great times.

Something will turn up.

I've always said, 'Before you see the rainbow, it has to storm.'

I give everything my best shot and sometimes it doesn't work out and other times it works out much better than you thought.

In spite of everything life is not without hope.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they're the gold.

Just when you think it can't get worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it will. But as long as you remember that he loves you and you love him you'll be just fine.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

But it's just because the chances are all against you, just because there is so little hope, that life is sweet over here.

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

I didn't know what to expect coming into this year. There were a lot of question marks, and I think that's obvious now. Can we overcome it? Time will tell.

The man watched him. Real life is pretty bad? What do you think? Well, I think we're still here. A lot of bad things have happened but we're still here. Yeah. You don't think that's so great. It's okay.

If fortune torments me, hope contents me.

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.

When you are losing it can seem like there is a black cloud following you around, but like they say there is a silver lining in every cloud.

Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.